Board of Directors

Mike Collins, President

District 3

Mike and his wife are residents of the Simnasho area on the Warm Springs Reservation. He is a graduate of the University of Washington with a degree in Business Administration and currently employed with the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs as the Director of Managed Care. He is actively involved with many youth activities within the Warms Springs community. Mike was elected to the Wasco Electric Board of Directors in 2006.

Stacy Eakin, Vice-President

District 2

Stacy Eakin was raised in Sherman County and graduated from Sherman High School in 1985. She attended Columbia Basin College and worked at UPS and her parent’s mini- mart in Hermiston, Oregon. She returned to Sherman County in 1991 and married her husband Brad, raising two boys on the Eakin family farm near Grass Valley all while working for the Sherman County School district as a teaching assistant and librarian.  In 2010 she became full-time support on the farm as bookkeeper, tractor driver and Ag tech. Stacy was elected to the Wasco Electric Board of Directors in 2018.

Lissa Biehn, Secretary

District 1

Lissa and her husband Steve, live in Mosier and two college students, one attending Washington State and the other at the University of Idaho.  Lissa earned a bachelor’s degree in Agriculture with a minor in Soil Science and a teaching degree.  Currently, she is in her 21st year at Farm Service Agency, as the Executive Director.  Joining the board of directors, she is eager to learn and help keep the lights on.  Lissa was elected to the Wasco Electric Board of Directors in 2022.

Mathew Clausen, Treasurer

District 1

Mathew lives east of Dufur near Boyd and is the 5th generation to operate his family’s wheat farm which spans from Boyd to Center Ridge and includes both Clausen and Adkisson land. Mathew attended Dufur grade school and The Dalles High School. He went to Oregon State University and graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. From there he worked as an engineer at Freightliner in Portland for 9 years before returning to farm in 2007. Mathew has an interest in energy and technology, and an appreciation of the rural electric system from talking with his grandparents who remember when the first electric lines were ran. Mathew was elected to the Wasco Electric Board of Directors in 2014.

Bob Hammel

District 1

Bob is a fourth generation farmer, residing with his wife on the family ranch located on Tygh Ridge, southeast of Dufur. He is a graduate of Dufur High School and earned his Bachelors of Science in Animal Science at Oregon State University. Bob is the past President of the Wasco County Wheat League and has served on various other boards. Bob was appointed to the Wasco Electric Board of Directors in 2005.

Ron Holmes

District 2

Ron and his wife reside on the family ranch in Kent, Oregon. In addition to farming their own wheat and barley, Ron does custom cutting for several farmers throughout Sherman County. Ron is the past chairman of the Mid-Columbia Producers Board of Directors. He serves on the budget committees of South Sherman Fire District and the Sherman County School District. Ron was elected to the Wasco Electric Board of Directors in 2008.

Jim McNamee

District 2

Jim is a fourth generation rancher, raised in the Antelope area where he and his wife Maria reside on the family ranch. He is a graduate of Lane Community College and is a member of the Oregon Wheat League and the Oregon Cattleman’s Association. Jim was appointed to the Wasco Electric Board of Directors in 2006.

Al Mitchell

District 3

Al was born and raised on a small family farm in Estacada, Oregon. After high school graduation he became an electrical apprentice and became a Master Electrician. Al has been part of the Maupin community and served as Vice-President of Juniper Flat District Improvement Company.  Al was elected to the Wasco Electric Board of Directors in 2023.